Many home care providers have little or no capacity to take new clients up to and, through the Christmas period. Right at Home Loughborough have open capacity at most times of the day. If you, or a loved one, need home care now, particularly block hours or night support, please call us on 01509 279360 […]
Magazine Articles
What It Means to be British
I know it has been a diffcult summer, but I promise you this: we can and we will build a nation where each of us can live a good life. A nation built on our British values of unity, decency and determination. I know how scared and worried some of you are. Anger, frustration, and […]
Greenfingers
The Alan Titchmarsh Column He’s a magnificent broadcaster, gifted gardener, brilliant author and all-round horticultural visionary. This month, Alan Titchmarsh talks about the benefits of a vegetable garden, and why starting it in November can be bountiful. November might not sound like the most obvious month to be out in the veg patch. The evenings […]
Planning for Care Home Fees
and why gifting away assets doesn’t always work Many of our clients come to us as they are worried about their future and the potential need for them to go into a care home and pay the extremely high fees. Our clients understandably seek advice on how to protect their assets and their home from […]
Hearing and Fireworks
How loud is too loud? It is well known that loud noise can irreversibly damage your hearing when the delicate hair cells in the cochlea are exposed to high-intensity sounds, causing them to bend, swell and die. Damage can occur either due to continuous exposure to loud sounds or following a single extremely loud event […]
The Human Touch
We live in a world obsessed with replacing the human touch. Everywhere we look, Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the way we work, shop, travel, and even think. Big business, government, retail, the health service — everyone seems intent on swapping real people for machines, robots, and chatbots. And yet, none of us really knows where […]
NHS 10 Year Plan
What Does It Mean for Our Community? Improving access to GP services remains one of my top priorities locally. I’ve been working with local GPs and the NHS to help practises get the premises they need and deliver the care our community deserves. Our GP surgeries are delivering more appointments, making it easier to see […]
Bicep tear/rupture
A torn or ‘ruptured’ long head of the biceps is a common shoulder injury that typically affects patients between 40 and 60, often with a history of shoulder problems. It can result from heavy falls in younger people (e.g. skiing or snowboarding) or can develop gradually in older adults due to repetitive use and degenerative […]
Why We Still Love Trains (and Tolerate Technology)
There’s something about a steam engine that gets under the skin. It’s not just the hiss, the smell of oil and soot, or the rhythmic chug echoing across the countryside—it’s what they represent: a world we remember, or imagine, as simpler, steadier, somehow better. I was recently at The Greatest Gathering in Derby—an event to […]
